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Resourceful elephant

After struggling to reach a tree branch full of berries on Sept. 7, Kandula, a 7-year-old elephant, finds a box in his enclosure, rolls it over to the tree with his trunk, stands on the box and grabs the fruit. Kandula resides at Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C.

Resourceful elephant

After struggling to reach a tree branch full of berries on Sept. 7, Kandula, a 7-year-old elephant, finds a box in his enclosure, rolls it over to the tree with his trunk, stands on the box and grabs the fruit. Kandula resides at Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C.